Dr. Jan Kern

Jan advises on all aspects of individual and collective employment law, in particular works constitution and collective agreement law.

He supervises companies during restructurings (transfer of operations, personnel adjustments, plant closures, relocations, establishment of transfer companies), and also during reorganisations and in the event of insolvency. Jan regularly represents employers in legal disputes with employees, works and staff councils and trade unions. A particular focus of his practice is employment law advice in the context of company pension schemes and transactions.

Jan is a member of the local management board of Taylor Wessing Hamburg.

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Career

Since 2014	Partner, Taylor Wessing
2008 – 2014	Associate, large German law firm

Education

2009	Doctoral degree on discrimination claims in employment law, Universität Trier
2008	Admitted as a lawyer, Stuttgart
2007	Second state examination, Nürnberg

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First state examination, Trier

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Publications

Anrechnung von böswillig unterlassenem Erwerb auf Annahmeverzugslohn (with Alexander Kirsch), in: ArbR Aktuell 2023, p. 224 – 227

Zuschüsse auch bei Altverträgen Pflicht, in Health&Care Management Magazin.DE, 03/22, together with Tim Eickmanns

Sozialversicherungsrechtliche Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten in "Schultz-Hoff"-Fällen, in: ArbR Aktuell 2010, p. 161 - 164

Abdingbarkeit des Betriebsrentengesetzes für Organmitglieder (with Christian Arnold, Martin Diller), in: GmbHR, p. 281 - 288

AGG-Archiv: Die Schlussbilanz (with Martin Diller, Ricarda Zeh), in: NZA 2009, p. 1386 - 1391

Wechselwirkung zwischen Kurzarbeit und Urlaub (with Jobst-Hubertus Bauer), in: NZA 2009, p. 925 - 929

Professionelle Diskriminierungskläger im Arbeitsrecht, in: Nomosverlag, 2009

Die vergessene Kostenerstattung erster Instanz (with Martin Diller), in: FA 2008, p. 258 - 259

Befristung und Schwangerschaft: neue Spielregeln durch das AGG (with Martin Diller), in: FA 2007, p. 103 - 105

Memberships & Associations

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Arbeitsrecht im DAV

Additional languages

English

Expertise

Experience

Taylor Wessing advises Insolvency Administrator on the sale of the Veritas Group to HDT Automotive Solutions

The US based supplier HDT Automotive Solutions is acquiring in the course of the insolvency proceedings the German automotive and industrial supplier including the international subsidiaries in Asia, North America and Europe.

Steadfast Capital Fund IV on the acquisition of a majority stake in Söhngen Group

Steadfast Capital Fund IV on the acquisition of a majority stake in Söhngen Group. The transaction included both W. Söhngen GmbH based in Taunusstein (Hesse) and Silva GmbH based in Mainhausen (Hesse). The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. The majority acquisition aims to support further growth of the Söhngen Group with its internationally recognised brands and premium products in the market for first aid and emergency medical products both organically and through acquisitions. We also advised on the financing of the acquisition.

Awards

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2023	Leading individual: Labor and Employment Law
The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2020, 2021, 2022	Leading individual: Labor and employment law